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WOODWARD: Right. FUKE: An apartment complex on the property. WOODWARD: Housing, yeah. Okay. And there’s some other fee that, Unified Impact Fee Ordinance, and I’m not sure if that would affect businesses or just residences if it’s enacted. FUKE: Well, if it’s enacted we would hope that it would not be retroactive. WOODWARD: Okay. All right, any further questions? DOMINGO: Mr. Chairman? WOODWARD: Commissioner Domingo. DOMINGO: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Fuke, you gave us a list of requirements by the Board of Water Supply and the Public Works. Are, those would be required of the applicant regardless of whether or not these restrictive uses are put in as against a total zoning being granted? FUKE: Well, in terms of the water requirements, the answer would be yes. Because what the Water Department reviewed was what the applicant was proposing, was to have essentially not only the deletion but more specifically the allowance of his Five Spice Store. And so in that regard the Water Department is saying, you know, if you’re going to do that then you need to do some upgrade, you know, you need to submit your water calculation demands to us, and then we can effectively determine what the water requirements are. The fire hydrant standard is almost like a standard requirement on the Water Department and Fire Department whenever you have a commercial zoning. And in this case here the property is zoned Commercial. If the property were zoned Residential or maybe if you were granting like a use permit, then there is a possibility that the fire hydrant requirement could be waived. But not, as my understanding of the Water Department rules, when it calls for commercial zoning then it’s almost like a mandate. There was also a similar situation for properties that were recently rezoned along Ponahawai Street, you know, where the medical offices are, you know, right below that area; and when they came in for the commercial zoning the Fire Department and the Water Department both required that the fire hydrants be installed. DOMINGO: You know, I’m not looking at even the possibility of a waiver in this particular case. What I’m talking, I’m looking at a future development along Kilauea, Kilauea Avenue, and should there be other expansion applications by people who would like to do any kind of business -- this would be an appropriate place to situate their business because of the growth in population and the growth in the Hilo area. We’re looking at Hilo going towards the south, the 9